WASHINGTON, August 23, 2023 (by Michael Dickens) Sunday’s Western & Southern Open men’s final became an instant classic. Three-hour-plus, three-set matches between the No. 1 and No. 2 players in the world have a special way of elevating the sport. […]
CINCINNATI/WASHINGTON, August 21, 2023 (by Michael Dickens) As the world’s top two men’s players, No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz of Spain and No. 2 Novak Djokovic of Serbia, walked out on court to play their ATP Masters 1000 Western & Southern […]
WASHINGTON, August 24, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) Shortly after Borna Coric won his first ATP Masters 1000 singles title, after defeating World No. 5 and fourth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas, 7-6 (0), 6-2, to win the Western & Southern Open Sunday evening […]
MASON, OHIO/WASHINGTON, August 23, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Alexander Zverev won his fifth ATP Masters 1000 title and lifted his first Rookwood Cup, the trophy given to the annual winners of the Western & Southern Open in suburban Cincinnati, Ohio, […]
MASON, OHIO/WASHINGTON, August 22, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Russia’s Andrey Rublev had never taken a set let alone win a match against countryman Daniil Medvedev in four previous meetings. That all changed in his fifth attempt at the Western & […]
MASON, OHIO/WASHINGTON, August 21, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) What a difference a year makes. Just ask the Czech Republic’s Barbora Krejcikova, who a year ago was ranked 118th among WTA singles players and shut out from direct entry into the […]
MASON, OHIO/WASHINGTON, August 20, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) With the five active players with the most Grand Slam titles – Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic (men) and Serena Williams and Venus Williams (women) – all missing from this […]
MASON, OHIO/WASHINGTON, August 19, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) On a day in which nine of the WTA’s top 10 players were in action at the Western & Southern Open in Mason, Ohio, in the last major tuneup before the US […]
MASON, OHIO/WASHINGTON, August 18, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Three-time Western & Southern Open finalist Simona Halep is no stranger to playing on Center Court at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio, near Cincinnati. On Tuesday, she opened play […]
MASON, OHIO/WASHINGTON, August 17, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) After a year’s respite in New York due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Western & Southern Open has returned to its familiar digs at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio, […]
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